This is an analysis of the poem Silence (Excerpt) that begins with:
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An unperceived donor gave all pleasures;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaaeeffggbbhhiijjkk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 0,26,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11000101110 11011111110 0111110101 11011011101 1101010111 01010101001 0101110111 1111011111 01110101110 11110100010 1111000101 01001110101 1101110001 1101111001 0111000100 0111010100 01010010101 1101110101 1111010111 1001010001 0111011100 0101001101 1001011111 1111010111 1111011101 11011101111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1062
- Average number of words per stanza: 202
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; one, only, and, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words , he, the are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.
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- summary of Silence (Excerpt);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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